![]() Don't waste your time at Scribe unless you are only going to take selfies or to instagram the view. The wine was actually the worst I had had the entire trip. I guess she assumed we would look at the tasting menu? The small plates were "ok", but overall, definitely not worth $60/person. For one of the wines, she just came to the table and poured, not explaining what is was, the year, etc. The winery-founded in 2007 on a property that pioneered pre-prohibition Sonoma Valley winemaking-is managed by fourth-generation California farmers and brothers, Andrew and Adam Mariani. At one point one of the waitresses asked if we knew anything about Scribe we replied we did not, expecting her to elaborate, but to our shock, she replied, "cool" and just walked off. We were not given any information about the history of the winery. It is obviously a very hipster/California casual vibe, but the waiter/waitresses took that vibe and ran. The winery is managed by fourth-gen California farmers and brothers, Andrew & Adam. ![]() We were pleasantly greeted upon arrival, but after we were seated, the service turned to terrible. The winery itself is extremely charming, but that is where the good impression ends. The 2013 Estate Chardonnay is our best ever.Driving up to Scribe, you are stunned by the gorgeous grounds and the hacienda. The result gives you bright, fresh, fruit, acid. We harvest our Chardonnay relatively early to retain that vibrant natural acidity, ferment in Sonoma concrete and steel, and let it hang on the heavy lees as long as possible. California Chardonnay comes with such a preconception (oak, vanilla, fat), but it's an incredible and versatile variety in California. But what I'm really excited about is Chardonnay. Sonoma make great light red wines, like Pinot this is a spirited version of that. Laurent is a rare Austrian varietal that we discovered growing down the road from us. On April 9 we're releasing our first-ever St. ![]() Which wine are you most excited about right now and why?Īdam: We have a new wine in our Field Guide series, which is where we experiment with different varieties or dramatic techniques in the cellar. Andrew and Adam believe that the best wines are a result of a healthy relationship. It's less and less about our hands in the cellar the vineyard has more to say than we do. The wineryfounded in 2007 on a property that pioneered pre-prohibition Sonoma Valley winemakingis managed by fourth-generation California farmers and brothers, Andrew and Adam Mariani. As we learn more, it gives us confidence to do less in the cellar: let the fruit ferment naturally, less movement, less intervention, more transparency from the fruit to the glass. With each vintage, our relationship with and understanding of the vineyard gets deeper, and we experiment with every vintage in the cellar. Have your wines evolved since you first opened Scribe? Has your philosophy about winemaking changed at all, or have certain core principles remained mostly intact?Īndrew: My brother, Adam, and I are fourth-generation California farmers, so having that agricultural base-a focus on farming and the celebration of the land-was paramount in the beginning and still is. Globally speaking, California is still a relatively young wine-growing region, so whereas in other parts of the world the regional expression/approach/philosophies are more defined, California is wide open and evolving quickly. So it's not that we're inventing any new methods it's more about what we aren't doing in the cellar. How do your methods differ from some of the older, more traditional models?Īdam: We strive to make terroir-driven wines that express the site, which requires a noninterventionist approach in the cellar. ![]() You're one of the younger winemakers out there, but winemaking is an age-old process. It's a beautiful, energetic place, and the wines should reflect that." Light mineral-rich soils cool, salty, crisp breeze clear blue skies. We get a cool breeze every afternoon, either from the Bay or from the Pacific through the Petaluma Gap. Places to stay near Fawn Creek are 193.61 ft² on average, with prices averaging 78 a night. Our vines grown on the lower slope of Arrowhead Mountain in light volcanic tufa soils and down into the clay loams of the Carneros flats. The Scribe farm is located at a crossroads, between Sonoma and Napa Counties, and where Arrowhead Mountain dies into the San Pablo Bay (the northern part of the San Francisco Bay). We also planted Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, the gems of our region. We planted Sylvaner and Riesling as on ode to the original growers. No one made wine here again until we arrived, so in one sense, Scribe has been a revival of this old historic vineyard: new, but rooted in the past.
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